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Boots pay claim update
Wed 7th October 2020
The PDA has sent union members at Boots an update on the pharmacists' annual pay negotiations. As also detailed in a joint statement published with the company, the 2020 talks are being referred to ACAS in the hope they can help the employer and employee representatives reach an agreement.
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Joint statement – Boots & the PDA Union (24 September 2020)
Wed 7th October 2020
The PDA Union and Boots have released their latest joint statement following a meeting held on 24 September 2020.
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PDA receives reports of prov-regs being blocked from acting as bank pharmacists
Wed 7th October 2020
The PDA have been approached by provisionally registered members who report that they have been blocked by NHS Professionals from acting as bank pharmacists.
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Prov-Regs and resitters told to prepare for exam sometime between January and March 2021
Fri 2nd October 2020
The GPhC has issued an announcement regarding their online assessment for those who were due to take the 2020 pre-reg exam.
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How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on pharmacists
Wed 30th September 2020
In the latest instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact’ series, we talk to Nahim Khan who shares his experience of being a pharmacist and lecturer during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Financial statement to members – 2020
Tue 15th September 2020
Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amended), the PDA Union is required to circulate to all members key financial information along with details of the salary and benefits provided to the President, General Secretary and any other members of the National Executive Committee.
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Lloyds pharmacists pass first test on road to union recognition
Fri 11th September 2020
Pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds) have made significant progress towards trade union recognition as the government body that oversees the process has formally accepted their application. The process now moves forward to decide which pharmacists will be included in the bargaining unit.
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Latest minutes of the Joint Consultative Committee at Boots
Tue 8th September 2020
The minutes of the latest Joint Consultative Committee meeting between representatives of the company and the PDA Union have been published.
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PDA invite LloydsPharmacy to work together to resolve pharmacist concerns
Mon 7th September 2020
The PDA have written to LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds) inviting them to work with the union to resolve the concerns of pharmacists over the change programme being implemented by the company
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Boots prison pharmacists to be transferred to Sodexo
Thu 27th August 2020
Pharmacists employed by Boots in several prisons are having their employment transferred to a subsidiary of the French multinational Sodexo that provides custodial and post-release services to the UK Ministry of Justice, including directly managing several prisons.